All posts tagged "transportation"
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21.1K3Arts and LeisureOver the River and Through the Wood: 7 Fun Facts
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the other author who wrote a favorite holiday song...
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35.3KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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66.4K1MassachusettsEmma Goldman Opens An Anarchist Ice Cream Shop in Worcester, Mass.
Emma Goldman could have made a fortune from her ice cream parlor in Worcester, Mass. It was 1892, and she was a...
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15.6K9New England PlacesSix Canals That Built New England
In 1803, one of the first New England canals made Boston the undisputed commercial center of New England. Called ‘the Incredible Ditch,’...
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23.2K6MassachusettsJohn Clarke Guides the Pilgrims to Shore
By the time John Clarke signed on to pilot the Mayflower on its journey to America, he had already managed a remarkably...
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9.1K4Arts and LeisureThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of The Historic Opera House
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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